Good afternoon P.A. team.
Been a big day for the family.
Recently my wife's 3 yr old cousin, Luna, was diagnosed with a form of leukemia and unfortunately this one had a rarer genetic mutation. Her family got in the back of an ambulance about 2 months ago and have not been home since. Luna is being a bloody trooper and going sort of OK but treatment is fairly intense and will extend for a minimum of 18 months and possibly as long as 2 years!
Feeling helpless a few of the girls in the family decided to "Shave For a Cure". I have done this in the past in Maningrida, N.T. and it was a great day, for a great cause.
Ended up having 7 recruits for the shaving and the Myrtleford community and businesses have been fantastic with supporting the cause. My wife, my daughter, my sister in law, my niece, an uncle and aunty of theirs and just yesterday even 93 yr old 'Old Pop' put his hand up to join in the fun. Old Pop has been praying every night for Luna - and he is not a religious man. It has hit the old bloke pretty hard :/ Cancer is a bitch at any time but when it is a young person involved...well...it just affects you a little differently.
Anyway, the deed is done, it piiiiiiiisssssseeeedd rain the entire time and it has been great. A few photos...
We stood out on the road in Myrtleford and as the traffic returning to Melbourne slowed to a crawl through our main roundabout we shook some tins. If any of you happened to be in one of those cars - THANKS!! Just the coins/notes from today totalled $2,618.
The official donation link is currently about $9,000, it keeps ticking up and will be left open for about another month. If you've got $5 or $500 to spare you can always contribute. This is for the Leukemia Foundation and the work that they do. None of this money goes to our or Luna's family - it all goes straight to the Leukemia Foundation. If you do donate via the link with your name or anonymously it would be great if you can stick a 'P.A.' in there somewhere so I know it was one of us
https://secure.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/registrant/donate.aspx?eventId=15972&teamId=123088
And there is still an auction of donated goods that we will be getting organised tonight via FaceBook. We were going have the auction today but the rain kept the crowd down a bit.
Hopefully we can crack $15,000 all up to send the way of the Leukemia Foundation and one day one of us or our family will be the beneficiaries of a cure for blood cancers.
Admin - I hope this is all OK to post up. If it is, can I also add in the Myrtleford businesses that have been so generous in providing donated goods? We would like to support them in return as much as we can.
Thanks, N.E.
Been a big day for the family.
Recently my wife's 3 yr old cousin, Luna, was diagnosed with a form of leukemia and unfortunately this one had a rarer genetic mutation. Her family got in the back of an ambulance about 2 months ago and have not been home since. Luna is being a bloody trooper and going sort of OK but treatment is fairly intense and will extend for a minimum of 18 months and possibly as long as 2 years!
Feeling helpless a few of the girls in the family decided to "Shave For a Cure". I have done this in the past in Maningrida, N.T. and it was a great day, for a great cause.
Ended up having 7 recruits for the shaving and the Myrtleford community and businesses have been fantastic with supporting the cause. My wife, my daughter, my sister in law, my niece, an uncle and aunty of theirs and just yesterday even 93 yr old 'Old Pop' put his hand up to join in the fun. Old Pop has been praying every night for Luna - and he is not a religious man. It has hit the old bloke pretty hard :/ Cancer is a bitch at any time but when it is a young person involved...well...it just affects you a little differently.
Anyway, the deed is done, it piiiiiiiisssssseeeedd rain the entire time and it has been great. A few photos...
We stood out on the road in Myrtleford and as the traffic returning to Melbourne slowed to a crawl through our main roundabout we shook some tins. If any of you happened to be in one of those cars - THANKS!! Just the coins/notes from today totalled $2,618.
The official donation link is currently about $9,000, it keeps ticking up and will be left open for about another month. If you've got $5 or $500 to spare you can always contribute. This is for the Leukemia Foundation and the work that they do. None of this money goes to our or Luna's family - it all goes straight to the Leukemia Foundation. If you do donate via the link with your name or anonymously it would be great if you can stick a 'P.A.' in there somewhere so I know it was one of us
https://secure.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/registrant/donate.aspx?eventId=15972&teamId=123088
And there is still an auction of donated goods that we will be getting organised tonight via FaceBook. We were going have the auction today but the rain kept the crowd down a bit.
Hopefully we can crack $15,000 all up to send the way of the Leukemia Foundation and one day one of us or our family will be the beneficiaries of a cure for blood cancers.
Admin - I hope this is all OK to post up. If it is, can I also add in the Myrtleford businesses that have been so generous in providing donated goods? We would like to support them in return as much as we can.
Thanks, N.E.
